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It includes people who Electrician & Related CertificateC ACAC CA, C Engineering Technology: GIS/CAD A, C A, C A, CA, C perform skilled activities such as carpentry, painting, Bob Kieft has been in the construction industry for 50 HVAC & Refrigeration Technology CA, CCA, CA, C plumbing and electrical work. If you enjoy working with years. His first job out of high school was working as a Heavy Equipment Technology-Epic A, C laborer as he knew he liked to build things. On his first Industrial Maintenance Certificate I & II CC your hands, collaborating on projects and seeing the day he worked outside and as he was working he told Industrial Mechanics & Maintenance Technology A fruits of your labor materialize, construction could be himself that he knew he was in the right industry and that Introduction to Custom Painting C Masonry Arts A, C the career for you! construction was what he wanted to do for the rest of his Metal Cutting & GougingC life. 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Construction Technology A, C they pay on the LMI Gateway website: Electric Line Worker A, C www.colmigateway.com Electrical EngineeringB, M, DB, M, DC, BB, M, DB, M,DB, MB, M, D With so much construction going on in Colorado, there is Engineering B, M, DM MB MM, DMB, M, D For more information about construction careers: a lack of labor force supply especially with people aging Industrial EngineeringB www.careersincolorado.org out of the industry and not enough people coming in. In Mechanical Engineering A, BB, M, DB, M, DBB, M, DB, MB, MB, M, D Pre Civil EngineeringB 2001 Bob had 96 employees working for his company. In Pre-Engineering BB Step 3: Find education, training & financial aid 2018 he has 15. “In some ways it has been better as there Pre-Industrial EngineeringB Discover the best education or training institutions for are less people to keep track of and he looks at ways to C = Certificate, A = Associate’s Degree, B = Bachelor’s Degree, M = Master’s Degree, D =Doctoral Degree work smarter and not harder.” However, Bob wants young your career goals and how to get money for school at people to be interested in a skilled trade and especially one www.collegeincolorado.org in construction. He says they are willing to teach anyone Revised - 02/2019 and show them how to be a roofer. They just need to Step 4: Find available job openings have willingness to work and show up every day. “It’s not www.connectingcolorado.com rocket science. We just need good help and a person with a Want more Education? www.Collegeincolorado.org beating heart. We can teach them.” In addition some people don’t Who do you want to be tomorrow? know they have a fear of heights until they get up on a roof or Wage RangeEducation/Training have to climb the 40ft ladder. He Occupation Suggested Programs of Study himself said as he is getting older he has become more cautious Construction and Extraction Occupations and not taking as many risks as he did in his youth. Construction Managers $58,271 - $116,228 Bachelor's Degree Construction Management, Construction Project Management, Construction Fundamentals A challenge he sometimes has as a lead guy on a worksite is Cost Estimators $45,181 - $84,849 Bachelor's Degree Construction Estimating, Construction Project Management working with customers. If you’re not in charge, you get to Civil Engineers $58,335 - $104,259 Bachelor's Degree Civil Engineering, Civil & Envronmental Engineering, Civil Engineering Technology work and take instructions from First-line supervisors of Construction Trades your lead. However, when you’re $48,060 - $82,809 High School Diploma Construction site Supervision/Management, Construction Project Management in charge of the project, you’re & Extraction Workers in charge of all of it. All of his foremen are bilingual and he Brickmasons & Blockmasons $41,807 - $59,088 Moderate on-the-job training Apprenticeship Bricklayer, Masonry Arts, Construction Trades said that wouldn’t be a bad skill Moderate on-the-job training, for one to acquire. In addition Carpenters $29,498 - $52,805 Apprenticeship Carpenter, Carpentry Apprenticeships another challenge is the weather. Registered Apprenticeships One summer it was so hot, “the Cement Masons & Concrete Finishers $30,628 - $48,106 Short-term on-the-job training Apprenticeship Bricklayer, Masonry Arts, Construction Technologies combine classroom instruction tar was like gum. It wouldn’t and on-the-job training cool off enough at night for the Moderate on-the-job training, Construction Laborers $25,219 - $40,640 Construction Trades, Welding & Fabrication Technologies, Construction Fundamentals asphalt to get cold and set.” It Apprenticeships supervised by journey-level craft took him five days to get a roof persons or trade professionals. Operating Engineers & Other done that should have taken a $37,381 - $54,700 Moderate on-the-job training Heavy Equipment Technology-Epic, Civil Engineering Technology Construction Equipment Operators Join a Registered Apprenticeship day. Program and get paid while you Drywall & Ceiling Tile Installers $35,212 - $49,841 Moderate on-the-job training Construction Trades, Construction Technology Cluster, Construction Fundamentals If you’re a woman looking into go to school! roofing Bob says go for it. He said his first roofing job had a Electricians $34,527 - $62,498 Apprenticeship, Certification Apprenticeship Inside Electrician, Electrician & Related Certificate, Electric Line Worker This industry has many woman on the crew and she was Moderate on-the-job training, apprenticeships. Here are some Glaziers $30,483 - $51,393 Apprenticeship Glazier, Construction Fundamentals, Construction Trades good. In the last 7 years while Apprenticeships examples: working for ‘Alohi, he has had • Construction Craft Laborer more women working because Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, & Wall $26,256 - $39,687 Moderate on-the-job training Construction Trades, Construction Technology Cluster, Construction Fundamentals of his daughter and